The Goblins and Growlers Podcast
Hey, we do awesome tabletop stuff. Since 2018, Goblins and Growlers has been: - Running public TTRPG events in local breweries and restaurants in Richmond - Writing and publishing all our own original (award-winning) content - Producing ”Quid Pro Roll,” a 90k+ download narrative tabletop podcast - Producing ”The Goblins and Growlers Podcast,” an interview and discussion show about fun gaming products and topics - Presenting panels, performing on stage, and running organized tabletop events at gaming and pop culture conventions up and down the East Coast
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Monday Aug 21, 2023
Monday Aug 21, 2023
Gather round and I'll tell you a story from long ago. Way back in the 1970s and 80s, if you wanted an interactive game that didn't require other people, you were basically out of luck. Fortunately, there was an option for those of us whiling away our elementary school days: The Choose Your Own Adventure books. These books had stories with branching paths that sometimes went is *extremely* weird directions. Josh and I snagged some CYOA books and had fun channeling our childhood selves with "Blood Island," "Surf Monkeys," and "The Unicorn and the Warlock." These stories took bizarre, abrupt turns that some times left us wondering "wait, is this for kids?"
Also, I talk a little about the "Star Trek Adventures: Captain's Log" solo play RPG I picked up the other day.
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Monday Aug 07, 2023
Monday Aug 07, 2023
This week, we divided and conquered to cover a couple of excellent 5e-compatible setting books from writer and illustrator Andrew Kolb. Josh decided there was no place like Kolb's "Oz" setting, while Brandon refused to grow up and talked about "Neverland." They have lore, unique stat blocks, maps, and tables - oh so many tables.
I would have liked to write more for these show notes, but I have to finish writing a paper for school and get ready to head to Queen City Anime Con later in the week! We'll catch you when we get back from Charlotte - second Interstate off-ramp to the right and straight on 'til morning.
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
Tuesday Jul 25, 2023
You'll hear on the intro why we had to pull this one out, but this is an interview we've been holding back for a while in case of a rainy day. That day has come. A good while back, Brandon interviewed Jason Michal, author of the upcoming "Questing for Glory," about his book. It's the definitive history of the "Quest for Glory" computer game series from the 90s which he's writing in collaboration with Lori and Cory Cole, the creators of "Quest for Glory." While the book hasn't come out yet, it's chugging along and we're still looking forward to it. Be sure to check out the official Twitter at https://twitter.com/qfgbook.
And check out the most recent status tweet to get an idea where it is in the production cycle: https://twitter.com/qfgbook/status/1665536807528800256
I (Brandon) absolutely loved the "Quest for Glory" series and it was one of my gateways into D&D. The games are on gog.com ($10 for all five of them!), so check them out if you missed them back then or were just born too late for point-and-click adventure games.
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Monday Jul 10, 2023
Bad news for this week, GGPeeps, technical issues have taken our ability to release an episode.
We'll be back in 2 weeks right as rain!
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
In this week's episode, we discuss the D&D Movie Honor Among Thieves (because we're very timely with these things), the chapter 7 bankruptcy filing of Ernie Gygax and Justin LaNasa's TSR, and finally a reflexive C&D issued by Renegade Game Studios to The Polyhedral Knights over the title of their Kickstarter project Renegade City.
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LINKS
D&D Honor Among Thieves
NuTSR Filing Bankruptcy
NuTSR Timeline
Renegade City
Renegade C&D, Update, and Resolution
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
I'll share something with you all. The edit on this episode has been done for a couple of days but it's only now, late on Sunday night, that I'm finally uploading it, scheduling it, and writing the show notes. I'd love to be able to translate this into a personal lesson on time management, but I truly believe we'll find ourselves in this scenario again in two weeks. ANYWAY.
In this week's episode, we discuss the further OGL fallout of Pathfinder eliminating the Drow from its lore, the upcoming Fifth Edition Planescape box set, Troika's new "Longshot City" superhero source book, and a fun lil' space exploration game called "Solar Crawl."
As always, telephone, telegraph, tell a friend about The Goblins and Growlers Podcast.
Also, if you've been around long enough to know what this means, this month custom character sheets will be making a return to our online store at http://goblinsandgrowlers.bigcartel.com. Sign up for the newsletter (link below) to get all the tea.
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LINKS
Pathfinder drops Drow
Pathfinder 5e Box Set!
Longshot City
Solar Crawl
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Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
It's a news roundup this week. Fresh off the heels of sending Pinkertons to hassle someone with pre-release Magic cards, Wizards of the Coast is upping the price of their D&D books! Fortunately, though, Kobold Press' "Tales of the Valiant" Kickstarter launched and it's already clocking in at more than $750,000, so you'll have options if you want to play some mainstream TTRPGs even if you bail on D&D. Also, there's going to be a 24-hour ad-supported D&D streaming service; I thought we already had one called Twitch.
Also, we talk about Robotron and, bizarrely, Bibleman and his connection to D&D.
Finally, from now through June 3, any purchase on our online store will have 30% of its proceeds donated to Richmond Mutual Aid Disaster Relief's free community market.
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LINKS
WotC casts "Enlarge" on book prices, "Reduce" on my interest in buying them!
Tales of the Valiant is well on its way to a $1 million Kickstarter
D&D has a messaging problem, but we all knew that
Ad-supported 24-hour streaming D&D channel. Yay?
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
This week we had the treat of an interview with Collyn Messier, the lead rules designer for Nations & Cannons, a new Revolutionary War setting for Fifth Edition. Because of a comedy of errors, it took about five months to schedule this interview and, unfortunately, we weren't able to publish it until just *after* their (highly successful) Kickstarter ended -- but the upside is that you can still pre-order!
Nations & Cannons is a fun spin on regular 5E rules to adapt them to 18th-Century America. It's 99.999999% historical and is even being used as a teaching tool in some schools, but Collyn tells us to keep an eye out for "Benjamin Franklin, Banshee Hunter" as a module in the (not too distant) future.
Name: Collyn Messier Pronouns: They/ThemRole: Lead Rules DeveloperBrief description of your project and what’s unique about it: Your dad(s) and "dad-minded" family/friends will love this historical TTRPG! Nations & Cannons is a D&D 5e historical setting. We've stripped out the magical elements and added rules for black powder firearms, grenades, and cannons. We've added new character creation options that showcase the variety of different peoples and languages spoken in North America in the 18th century, and highlight the contributions of women, people of color, Indigenous Americans, and LGBTQA+ folks often forgotten in history.Links/Social Handles/How or Where to find you: Discord https://www.reddit.com/r/NationsAndCannons/
https://www.facebook.com/NationsAndCannonshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiagop5vrYyokVfOgkVPh3A
Also! We're into the final week of our big Spring Sale at our Big Cartel store! Most things are 10 percent off and you can use the code "GRAVYBOAT" for free shipping in the continental U.S. We’re trying to make some space to order new merch for the convention season in the fall, so help us thin things out by grabbing some of our shirt designs before we finally retire them. Plus, pick up some awesome indie RPGs from our friend, Brazilian game designer Cezar Capacle.
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
It’s a news roundup this week on the Goblins and Growlers Podcast! We’ve got a few nuggets from Wizards of the Coast (including that Pinkerton situation with the pre-release Magic: The Gathering Cards) and a Pathfinder update along with some interesting news from smaller and indie publishers, including a fantastic Kickstarter for a fishing “DLC” for your 5e game.
Also! We have a big Spring Sale going on at our Big Cartel store! Most things are 10 percent off and you can use the code "GRAVYBOAT" for free shipping in the continental U.S. We’re trying to make some space to order new merch for the convention season that begins in the fall, so help us thin things out by grabbing some of our shirt designs before we finally retire them. Plus, pick up some awesome indie RPGs from our friend, Brazilian game designer Cezar Capacle.
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Episode Introduction
Large Language Model AIs like ChatGPT and Bard are revolutionizing the way we create content in basically all sectors of business. We're back for part 2 of our discussion on the responsible use of AI tools for gamemastering and overall content creation for your tabletop games.
How are you planning to use this tool, and what are your thoughts on the ethics of using AI-generated content for your own games? Let us know at contact@goblinsandgrowlers.com or on Twitter.
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Links!
OpenAI (the folks that develop Chat-GPT)
Guide to Prompting by Cohere
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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast is produced by Goblins and Growlers, a Richmond, Virginia-based tabletop-roleplaying-game content and events company dedicated to inclusivity through TTRPGs.